HBO Go Arrives on the Fire TV

Amazon announced this afternoon that HBO Go is now available through Fire TV. Along with HBO’s entire catalog of shows, Amazon and HBO have also included voice search throughout the app, so a simple press of the Fire TV’s voice button will allow you to find Game of Thrones or The Wire without typing a thing. Of course, HBO Go requires an HBO subscription through “participating affiliates.”

If you were looking for Fire TV Stick integration, you will have to wait until “this spring,” according to Amazon.

And if you are interested in the Fire TV, now would be the time to buy one. Amazon is selling their media box for $79, which is $20 off the regular retail price. I can tell you that I actually prefer the Fire TV over Google’s new Nexus Player and Android TV, if that means anything.

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Diablo81588

Spring for the stick is just straight ridiculous. It’s exactly the same interface.. I actually prefer the roku 3 over the fire TV anyway. The home screen interface is cluttered and repetitive, and it doesn’t support IR, so you can’t use universal remotes. Not to mention the app availability is in a completely different league.

vwbeetlvr

maybe you can side load it on the fire stick

JSo

I read it doesn’t work for Comcast users. So there is that. At least there is talk about HBO making there service independent of Cable providers one day.

CHRIS42060

When I had Comcast HBO Go worked perfectly fine.

umataro42

What I’ve read is that it will work on a PC, but not on all devices. I read it doesn’t work on the Roku either if you’re a Comcast subscriber.

AngryBadger

This is like how HBO Go + Comcast will work on Xbox 360 but not PS3… great… I should have figured I would run into this again.

CHRIS42060

Oh ok. I know the Android App worked fine on my Chromecast, but I went to AT&T U-Verse since getting my Roku so I did not know.

The Nexus player out of the box isn’t anything special, I agree, but you can do so much with it. Within a half hour of buying it I loaded on Kodi (XBMC), ShowBox, Popcorn Time and SNES/N64 emulators for my son. That in combination with a wireless keyboard is awesome.

Bootleg Zani

I can’t say for certain with the rest. But I’m pretty sure at the very least you can also put XBMC on the Fire TV. Which would make me think you can sideload the rest as well.

JSo

XBMC is the only reason I bought a Fire TV Stick. I still swap it out with my Chromecast for certain things though.

ultravisitor

Anyday now for my Nexus Player…I don’t like always having to cast with my phone.

prometheus1010

Does this include the Fire TV Stick? Perhaps the best $20 I’ve ever spent.

Bootleg Zani

“If you were looking for Fire TV Stick integration, you will have to wait until “this spring,” according to Amazon.”

Bootleg Zani

Fire TV is still my favorite streaming box. Best Local Content Box is still the WD TV Live Plus.

alex

Is the WD really the best device for local content? I have had one for over a year now and I’ve found it pretty awful. I was hoping to update it soon for something better. What else have you tried? Anything that comes close to this for functionality? Thanks